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The most fucked up thing about economic imperialism is that governments will literally kill their own citizens using a military if they protest working conditions because they work with a wealthy company. Companies encourage that. They’ll allow workers to be punished for trying to form a union.
Capitalism is horrific and I hope those people die in my lifetime. I hope capitalism dies in my lifetime too but I doubt it will happen.
Banana Republics are the first thing that comes to mind here.
Yep that’s exactly what I’m talking about.
From 1932 onwards the indigenous population of El Salvador was systematically targeted and exterminated by its military forces for protesting against coffee corporations buying the vast majority of arable land and empovirishing local farmers.
Those same corporations applauded the Salvadoran president at the time, regarding him as “having the iron fist necessary to protect economic interests.”
Throughout the decades those who even resembled members of the indigenous community were shot and killed in their homes and in the roads.
People had to abandon their identity in order to survive. Nowadays, the indigenous population of El Salvador practicing their culture and speaking the indigenous language is limited to small settlements also targeted by gang violence.
The people in charge covered this up for years. They only started teaching this at school recently. I graduated high school from there about a year ago.
Capitalism is cruelty. Capitalism is violence. Capitalism is death. There is nothing benign about a system that prioritizes capital over human lives.
There have been over 2,800 labour union leaders and members killled in Colombia since 1986. That’s roughly one every three days.
If you’ve been following me for a while, you more than likely know what’s going on, but for those who don’t know: I’ve been in an extremely toxic, abusive relationship for the past 6 ½ years with my son’s father. We have a 3 year old together. While I did leave him last year, I (stupidly) came back in March under the promises of “things would change” etc etc. He has been emotionally, verbally, physically, sexually, and financially abusive. I am cooperating with the state in applying for all kinds of state assistance I am eligible for. I have an apartment and have our most basic needs covered. I need help with covering rent at the end of the month as I can’t do it by myself (my rent is $936), I have no consistent means of transportation (there is no bus/public transit in the city I live in) and I really realllyyy don’t want to have to allow my abuser into my home just to help cover these bills. I can manage on my own, but I need help getting on my feet and establishing my independence in the time being.
Any resources, encouraging words (I have virtually no support system), or other help is so much appreciated.
My PayPal is c.newago@yahoo.com, or PayPal.me/bizaanideewin
Please please don’t send anon hate or criticism, I cannot stress how hard I am struggling with my own guilt and self-blaming right now
Miigwech
I’m having a sale on my website, if donating isn’t your jam.
Bringing this back, with an update: I wasn’t able to survive on my own so I had to let him in. Lo and behold the abuse continues. Today he punched a hole in the bedroom door. My dad is going to cosign for a new apartment for me back in my hometown, as long as I cover the costs he is going to help me move. I’ve already got a rental application submitted. I’m done I’m leaving I’m OUT. I have tangible proof and I can break the lease without repercussions through the domestic violence clause in the lease.
I just need help with the intial moving costs and initial housing costs- the apartment I applied for is $645 a month, security deposit same amount. First months rent and security deposit due at lease signing. Moving costs are around $400 (it’s a 300 mile move so it gets expensive fast)
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REBLOG
I’m almost 15% of the way there!! Please boost!
UPDATE: before my best friend came to get me to visit her, he and I got into a huge fight. He was screaming at me at the top of his lungs calling me a selfish bitch and a slut. He then proceeded to tell me Makoons won’t have any parents anymore if I call the cops.
Please boost!! I want to leave BEFORE this escalates!!!!
UPDATE: so it escalated last night. He’s in jail. He’s getting charged for domestic disorderly conduct or some shit like that. Once he’s released from jail he’s legally able to come back, if I take him off the lease I’ll be evicted unless I have a cosigner (which I do not have.) so my options are essentially continue dealing with this or move.
I also have venmo: @binesiikwens
UPDATE: I applied for a 2 bedroom apartment, if it gets approved I’ll be able to move in October 1st! 1st months rent ($700) and $700 security deposit would be due at lease signing, im still a little over $300 short for that AND it’s going to cost me around $3-400 to rent a big enough uhaul and move everything 300 miles. PLEASE PLEASE BOOST! I’m so close to being FREE!!
UPDATE 9/25: I viewed and applied for two different places. If approved and lease is signed, I can move in Oct 1st.
HOWEVER, I talked to property management at my current place and even though I can’t be penalized for breaking my lease, I’m still responsible for ALL of October rent ($936) which I have $202.50 for.. Less than that after paying for gas to get back down to Sun Prairie to start moving my things. Please boost!
I know it’s hard to believe this, and some of you may think I’m making this up, but Puerto Ricans are as American as you and I are (except that they don’t have meaningful representation in Congress, but I’m not going to pretend that you care about that, anyway).
I need you to look at these pictures, and understand how massively devastated Puerto Rico is right now (for example: imagine how you’d feel if the power was out in the entire state of Hawaii, or the entire city of – hey, I’ll let you pick any city in America that isn’t New York or Los Angeles).
Remember how we came together as a nation after Katrina, and we all chipped in to help the Gulf Coast recover? Remember how furious we were at George W. Bush’s incompetence and indifference to the suffering in the Superdome? Remember how we all mobilized to help our fellow Americans, because that’s what we do?
Well, we need to do that right now, White America. I know they mostly speak a different language and that they don’t have white skin like we do, but they aren’t just our fellow humans (which should be enough, but I know it isn’t because I know you, White America). The people who are suffering in Puerto Rico right now are our fellow American Citizens.
Look at all of these states that have a smaller population than Puerto Rico:
Imagine that any one of those states (or more, if you want to do the math) were destroyed by a natural disaster. They have no power. They have no clean water. They have no cell or internet service. It’s hot as hell and they have no air conditioning.
Try your best, White America, to imagine it, and reach into your heart to find the same empathy and concern and resolve to help the people of Puerto Rico, because our shitty “president” is too busy having a tantrum about athletes protesting police brutality (when he isn’t praising a Turkish dictator whose bodyguards keep beating up our fellow citizens) to do anything about it.
Thanks for listening, White America. We have a lot more to talk about.
When someone says harem to people, these kind of paintings come up in people’s mind.
L.F. Comerre. (1850 - 1916)
But, people who drew these paintings, they are called orientalists, have never seen a harem because NO STRANGER WERE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE HAREM UNLESS THEY WANT TO LOSE THEIR HEAD. So they painted what they dreamt of, since they were grown up with Western beauty concepts, they painted Harem girls as what their culture accepted beautiful.
BUT, at 19th century Persia, the Western beauty standards were not dominant. So of course, they had their own beauty standards and their own concept of beauty.
The more masculine a woman was, more beautiful she was accepted. The opposite was also true for men. Women with heavy brows and faint mustaches considered so attractive that they were sometimes painted on or augmented with mascara and young beardless men with slim waists and delicate features. In 19th century portraits of lovers, the genders are barely distinguishable, identified only by their headgear.
Young men without beards were the idols of beauty that time. Sexual mores and erotic sensibilities of 19th century Iran permitted homosexuality between these young men and older men.
BUT, after Iran started to be more modern, aka more Westernized, this beauty standards were lost. West beauty standards started to be more dominant and homosexuality was no longer permitted. Today, it is a crime to be homosexual at Iran.
This book, women with mustaches and men without beards, is about the beauty standards of Persia at Qajar dynasty. If you are interested, you can buy it and read. HERE is an interview with the author, Afsaneh Najmabadi.
At that time, Qajar princess was considered beautiful. Today, uncultured internet memers are making fun of her. Shame @ all of you.
EDIT: That’s not Pricess Qajar ffs….. Qajar is the name of dynasty, not the princess….
Her name is Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, she was the daughter of the King of Persia in the early 19th century. Not to forget that she had a university education.
ALWAYS REBLOG WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS PLEASE; ITS SO MUCH MORE THAN IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE. IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO SOMEBODY AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THIS IN THE SAME LIGHT, SOMEONE MIGHT. INFACT YOU REBLOGGING THIS COULD STOP SOMEONE TAKING THEIR LIFE TONIGHT.
For decades, LGBT+ people were not a protected class under hate crime legislation. That was until President Obama passed the Matthew Shepard Act, named after a gay university student that was tragically beaten and died in Laramie, Wyoming in 1998.
These stories are important to tell. And no matter whose name it is that is immortalized in an act, LGBT+ people face difficulties and adversity every day. Brandon Teena. Leela Alcorn. Matthew Shepard.
Whoever it is, these issues reverberate in their respective families, towns, and countries.
I have the opportunity to stage manage a play called the Laramie Project, a play written about the effects of Matthew Shepard’s death on his community. I’m inviting you all to come to El Dorado Highschool (Placentia, CA) Sept. 28-30 at 7pm. Tickets are ten dollars, and HALF of all ticket sales will be donated to the Matthew Shepard Foundation. I’ll also be there if you wanna say hi.
I think it’s important that these issues are talked about. And I think this play is really special. It’s an important reminder of the world we live in, and it’s a powerful one.
